In 2005, we surveyed plant species in each of the six major habitats of the Ikh Nartiin Chuluun Nature Reserve, Mongolia. Below is a list of some of the species identified.

Allium mongolicum - forb
Caragana pygmaea - shrub
Stipa gobica - short grass
Cleistogenes soongorica - short grass
Asparagus gobicus - semi-shrub
Corispermum mongolicum - annual plant
Artemisia frigida - semi-shrub
Setaria viridis - annual plant
Eragrostis minor - annual plant
Salsola pestifera - annual plant
Tribulus terrestris - annual plant
Bassia dasyphylla - annual plant
Carex duriuscula - sedge
Stipa krylovii - short grass

Habitat 2: Semi-shrub steppe

Allium polyrrhizum - forb
Reaumuria soongorica - semi-shrub
Allium anisopodium - forb
Stipa gobica - short grass
Cleistogenes squarrosa - short grass
Scorzonera divaricata - forb
Asterothamnus central-asiaticus - semi-shrub
Limonium aureum - forb
Convolvulus ammanii - forb
Eragrostis minor - annual plant
Ajania achilloides - semi-shrub
Anabasis brevifolia - semi-shrub
Allium mongolicum - forb
Peganum nigellastrum - forb
Achnatherum splendens - tall grass
Carex duriuscula - sedge

Habitat 3: Long grass steppe

Achnatherum splendens - tall grass
Allium mongolicum - forb
Setaria viridis - annual plant
Eragrostis minor - annual plant
Bassia dasyphylla - annual plant
Tribulus terrestris - annual plant
Salsola pestifera - annual plant
Limonium aureum - forb
Corispermum mongolicum - annual plant
Convolvulus ammannii - forb
Asparagus gobicus - semi-shrub
Cleistogenes soongorica - short grass
Carex duriuscula - sedge
Artemisia sp. - semi-shrub
Peganum nigellastrum - forb
Elymus secalenus - long rhizome grass
Heteropappus hispidus - annual plant
Elymus pabaonus - long rhizome grass

Habitat 4: Sandy drainages

Ulmus pumila - tree
Amygdalus pedunculata - shrub
Atraphaxis pungens - shrub
Atraphaxis frutescens - shrub
Artemisia dracunculus - semi-shrub
Artemisia ruthifolia - semi-shrub
Artemisia sp. - semi-shrub
Tribulus terrestris - annual plant
Corispermum mongolicum - annual plant
Setaria viridis - annual plant
Vicia costata - forb
Elymus pabaonus - long rhizome grass
Eragrostis minor - annual plant
Allium mongolicum - forb
Stelleria dichotoma - forb
Cymbaria dahurica - forb
Carex duriuscula - sedge
Vincetoxicum sibiricum - forb
Scorzonera divaricata - forb
Bassia dasyphylla - annual plant
Peganum nigellastrum - forb
Echinops sp. - annual plant
Caragana pygmaea - shrub

Habitat 5: Semi-desert rocky areas

Caragana pygmaea - shrub
Amygdalus pedunculata - shrub
Caryoptris mongolica - semi-shrub
Artemisia ruthifolia - semi-shrub
Allium polyrrhizum - forb
Stipa gobica - short grass
Cymbaria dahurica - forb
Kochia prostrate - semi-shrub
Allium mongolicum - forb
Iris sp. - forb
Tribulus terrestris - annual plant
Astragalus miniatus - forb
Cleistogenes squarrosa - short grass
Artemisia frigida - semi-shrub
Artemisia pectinata - annual plant
Artemisia dracunculus - semi-shrub
Ajania fruticulosa - semi-shrub
Eragrostis minor - annual plant
Dracocephalum sp. - forb
Vincetoxicum sibiricum - forb
Urtica cannabiana - forb
Setaria viridis - annual
Spiraea aquilegifolia - shrub
Limonium bicolor - forb
Stelleria dichotoma - forb
Salsola collina - annual plant
Achnatherum splendens - tall grass
Ptilotrichum canescens - semi-shrub
Stipa krylovii - short grass

Habitat 6: Semi-desert open valleys

Convolvulus ammannii - forb
Allium polyrrhizum - forb
Carex duriuscula - sedge
Kochia prostrata - semi-shrub
Salsola collina - annual plant
Allium anisopodium - forb
Scorzonera divaricata - forb
Haplophyllum dahuricum - semi-shrub
Salsola pestifera - annual plant
Artemisia frigida - semi-shrub
Chenopodium album - annual plant
Caragana pygmaea - shrub
Caragana leucophloea - shrub
Corispermum mongolicum - annual plant
Allium tenuissimum - forb
Sibbaldiantha adpressa - forb
Stipa krylovii - short grass
Stipa gobica - short grass
Ptilotrochum canescens - semi-shrub